Prompt Provision of Dentures Reduces Risk of Disaster-Related Deaths Dental laboratories provide dentures free of charge in the event of a major disaster, Recruitment of cooperating dental clinics begins.

Amulet Dentures Inc. (Head office: Sapporo, Hokkaido; Representative Director: Akira Ikeda), which operates a nationwide free denture data storage service in case of a Nankai Trough earthquake, which has been raised to 80%, will provide free new dentures in the event of a major disaster. The company began accepting applications on Thursday, May 1, 2025, for dental clinics that will cooperate in providing them to patients in such cases.

Recruitment of dental clinics cooperating in denture treatment in the event of a major disaster

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Provision of dentures urgently needed in times of disaster

Disaster-related deaths feared, living conditions for evacuees urged to improve.

The probability of a Nankai Trough earthquake has been raised to 80% by the government's Earthquake Research Commission. The magnitude of the earthquake is expected to be up to 9 on the Richter scale, with severe shaking and large tsunamis expected to affect an extremely wide area, from Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture to off the east coast of Kyushu. Disaster-related deaths have been attracting attention because many people have died as a result of physical illnesses caused by evacuation in large-scale disasters such as the Noto Peninsula earthquake. The number of "disaster-related deaths" was included for the first time in the new damage estimates released by the national expert panel on March 31, 2025, and the number was estimated to range from 26,000 to 52,000 in the worst case scenario. Since the number of deaths is expected to be approximately 13 times that of the Great East Japan Earthquake, there is an urgent need to improve the living environment of evacuees.

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Recruitment of cooperating dental clinics in preparation for a large-scale disaster

Ltd., which operates a dental laboratory in Sapporo, Hokkaido, has been working to protect the health of denture users in the event of a major disaster since the Great East Japan Earthquake. In the event of a major disaster, new dentures will be provided free of charge. The company began accepting applications on May 1, 2025 for cooperating denture clinics that would provide free or no-cost denture adjustments and other services in such cases.

The Denture Bank is a cloud service that stores denture data for free in advance so that a new denture can be fabricated in as little as two days when a denture is lost due to damage or loss, or when a spare denture is needed. The service has been expanded nationwide beyond the boundaries of dental clinics and prefectures, and currently stores denture data for approximately 600 dentures. Even if your family dentist is affected by a disaster, you can have new dentures made at our company in Hokkaido or at denture bank member denture clinics in other prefectures.

In the event of normal damage or loss, a new denture will be fabricated based on the denture data stored in the Denture Bank for a fee. However, in the event of a major disaster, we will fabricate them free of charge. When providing dentures to patients, it may be necessary to adjust the bite fit, which is usually performed by one of the 19 member dental clinics located throughout the country. However, since we do not know where disasters may occur, we have started recruiting cooperating dentists who can provide services to patients on site only in the event of a large-scale disaster. Membership fees for the denture bank are usually charged, but for this cooperating dental clinic, there is no charge.

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Prompt response protects the lives of the elderly.

A voice from a helper who provides care at home: "Elderly people's physical strength declines noticeably when they are unable to eat enough. Even in everyday life, dentures are often thrown away along with bags of snacks, and I am not comfortable when the elderly in my charge are without dentures. During a disaster, it will be difficult for them to go to the hospital even if they want to have new dentures made. It would be very helpful if they could be provided promptly so that they can have a better living environment in the event of a disaster."

Representative's voice: "During the Great East Japan Earthquake, I learned that many elderly people lost their lives due to aspiration pneumonia while living in evacuation centers, although their lives were saved by the disaster. Some people were resting after lunch with their dentures removed and could not take them out because they evacuated in a hurry, and others dropped their dentures during the evacuation process. If the teeth are not aligned, it is difficult to swallow spit properly while sleeping, and the bacteria-breeding, unsanitary spit can gradually flow into the trachea and cause aspiration pneumonia. I am always thinking and doing what I can do for the healthy and safe life of denture users. One of them is a denture bank. And it is precisely in times of large-scale disasters that we need prompt outside assistance. We will continue our activities together with dentists who share our thoughts.

We are planning to hold a briefing session to recruit cooperating dentists in the future.

Akira Ikeda, Representative Director, Omamori Dentures Co.

Outline of Free Dental Supplies and Cooperating Dental Clinics in the Event of a Large-Scale Disaster

Outline of our free-of-charge provision of dentures and cooperating dental clinics

　We will manufacture new white dentures based on the data stored in the "Denture Bank" in advance and provide them through cooperating dentists,

　We will manufacture new white dentures based on the data stored in the "Denture Bank" in advance and provide them through cooperating dental clinics.

Data storage in advance

　Referrals to denture bank member denture clinics.

　Data storage of the denture will be done either in person or by mail.

　The process takes about 30 minutes in person and 4 to 7 days by mail. Free of charge.

Cooperating Dentists

　Cooperate with us to adjust the 3D printed dentures that we provide free of charge only in the event of a major disaster.

　We will ask them to cooperate with us by adjusting the 3D printed dentures that we provide free of charge. Free of charge.

Contact for cooperating dental clinics

　011-596-6685 (Office hours: weekdays 9:00-18:00, Sat. every other week, closed on Sundays and holidays)

Denture Bank

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Outline of Omamori Dentures Co.

Representative Director: Akira Ikeda

Business : Operation of denture bank, denture manufacturing, denture cleaning, antibacterial treatment

Location: Minami 2 Nishi 3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-0062, Japan

　　　　　　　 Tomii Building No.37 5F, 3-12-2 Minami 2-Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido

Contact : 011-596-8814

　　　　　　　 (Office hours: 9:00-18:00 weekdays, Sat. every other week, closed on Sundays and national holidays)

URL : https://omamoriireba.com/